SQUIRRELS
A lot of people asked
About last week's thing with the squirrel.
So I wrote something up
Though the truth your toes might curl.
I hate to admit
The Silly thing with the squirrel.
The thing that made me scream
Yes, I screamed like a little girl.
It started on Tuesday
My lunch I forgot.
So I stopped at the store
Where, unfortunately, I bought
A bag full of nuts
Which I put in my pocket.
A squirrel started to chase me
I took off like a rocket.
First one squirrel, then two
Then three, so many more.
People stopped to stare
I screamed. They slammed their doors.
My doom was ordained
My fate all but sealed.
One hope did I have
My courage, or lack of, revealed.
My mom shook her head
When she saw me come home.
No pants, no bag of peanuts
Looking for my dignity behind the garden gnome.
SQUIRRELS is a continuation, or explanation, of the poem GECKO.
I got so many people asking me, "What happened last week with the squirrel?" that I had to make something up to explain.
This was very fun to write and it makes me laugh every time I picture the kid running down the street with squirrels chasing him!
And then taking off his pants just to get rid of the peanuts and get away from the squirrels.
Anyway... I hope you have as much fun reading this as I did writing it.
The Accidental Poet